Tevatron cold compressor operating experience

✍ Scribed by Jay C. Theilacker

• Book ID: 104112431
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 447 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-2275
• DOI: 10.1016/s0011-2275(05)80021-9

✦ Synopsis

This year saw the completion of three accelerator improvement projects pertaining to the Tevatron cryogenic system. The projects result in the ability to operate the Tevatron at lower temperature, and thus higher energy, through the use of cold compressors. In January of 1994, the Tevatron operated at an energy of 975 GeV for the first time. Although this is a modest increase in energy, the discovery potential for the Top quark is considerably improved. This paper describes the operational experiences during the commissioning of the cold compressors in the Tevatron satellite refrigeration system.